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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Scythopolis |
 | | Its Greek name Scythopolis is very likely derived from a colony of Scythians who invaded Palestine in the seventh century B.C. (Herodotus, I, 103-5), and left some of their number behind (Pliny, "Hist. |
 | | natur.", V, 16; John Malalas, "Chronographia", V, in P.G. XCVII, 236; George Syncellus, "Chronographia", 214 etc.). |
 | | The earliest known use of the name is in II Mach., xii, 29, and in the Greek text of Judith, iii, 10. |
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